Paul Lewis at the Wigmore Hall
Flying high with simplicity and mastery
An eclectic programme from Paul Lewis last night who after dancing with Piaf was immediately plunged into the depths of despair of Mozart’s most dramatic piano Sonata, one of only two in the minor key .
Opening with radiance and light where Mozart transforms the key of C major into the refined simplicity and genial outpouring of a Genius .
Playing of simplicity and mastery from a pianist who as a young man was playing a virtuoso repertoire. Persuaded by his mentor Alfred Brendel to leave that to others, as a lifetime is not enough to delve deeply into the Viennese Classics without any diversions into the virtuoso school.
